CHANGES IN HERMIT -LIFE 



to observe them, when I heard behind me the 

 laugh of a boy. I glanced back, but saw 

 no one. Again I heard the laugh, and this 

 time I located the sound over the wall, and 

 started to call, when a male thrush flew to 

 the top of a small cherry-tree, and, after 



BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 



laughing as before, gave me a song. This 

 thrush was my old friend just returned from 

 the South, and when he saw me looking at 

 his mates, he called out to let me know where 

 to find him. 



Along Western Avenue the tall elms har- 

 bored many singers. The Baltimore orioles' 

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